US lawmakers make history with proxy votes on China

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WASHINGTON: US lawmakers cast proxy votes for the first time ever on Wednesday, in a contentious coronavirus-era procedure that has drawn sustained criticism from congressional Republicans.

The use of proxies in the House – the Senate has not approved such changes – upends more than 200 years of congressional precedent. The procedure aims to allow lawmakers to keep working while helping prevent the spread of a virus that has killed 100,000 people in the US.

 

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